In what will go down as one of the most memorable games in NFL history, there were a number of historic firsts. Among them:

First Super Bowl to be decided in overtime

Quarterback Tom Brady became first four-time Super Bowl MVP

Coach Bill Belicheck became first five-time Super Bowl winner

First time any team has been down by more than 10 points and won

Most passing yards by one quarterback: 466

Most pass attempts by one quarterback: 62

Most completions by one quarterback: 43

Most points by a player: James White had 20 on three touchdowns and a two point conversion.

It was a particularly remarkable turnaround for Brady, who looked increasingly frustrated as the game wore on as the speedy Falcons were shredding his offensive line, leading to rushed plays and ultimately, the quarterback’s first ever pick-6 in postseason play. But when the tide turned it turned decisively; in the fourth quarter alone Brady amassed 196 yards through the air, ending with a total of 466.

While New England’s running game faltered for most of the game, running back James White emerged as Brady’s key aerial target late, amassing a Super Bowl record 14 receptions, and finishing with three touchdowns (two on the ground and one through the air).

In the wake of a presidential campaign which saw widespread posting of false news stories on social media, Facebook has put forth a plan to deal with it. Some observers are concerned that the truth will become a victim alongside invented stories, as social media outlets begin to censor inconvenient truths. [MORE]

In a Christian Post interview, evangelical author Joni Eareckson Tada says that “a lot of Christians are throwing in the towel” rather than bucking the culture. Christian inaction means “we are enabling our culture to be worse, to be even more waywardly.”

Eareckson Tada’s remarks about euthanasia are particularly poignant, as she herself would have been considered a prime candidate. She was paralyzed from the shoulders down in a diving accident at age 17, and has spent 50 years in a wheelchair.

The case was brought by three lesbian couples against the state’s health department. The department’s argument was that listing biological parents was important for identifying public health trends, “and can be critical to an individual’s identification of personal health issues and genetic conditions.”

Justice Josephine Linker Hart wrote for the majority, “It does not violate equal protection to acknowledge basic biological truths.”

Rising medication costs and other expenses led to missed car payments for Stan and Pat Kippling, an elderly couple in Illinois. Ultimately, Jim Ford was sent to repossess. After unsuccessfully trying to work out a bank deal, he towed it away.

But instead of that being the end of the story, it was only the beginning. Ford set up a GoFundMe account and raised sufficient money not only to pay the car off, but to add $1000 cash. A Thanksgiving turkey was also donated for good measure.

London – Despite its name, before Sunday, the year-end ranking has never been on the line in the championship match of the ATO World Tour Finals. But it was today, and Andy Murray by clinching the year-end #1 for the first time with a decisive 6-3, 6-4 victory over rival Novak Djokovic. [MORE]

Andy Murray has overtaken Novak Djokovic as the world’s number 1 male tennis player. Over the course of his career, he has spent 76 weeks in the number two position behind a series of greats: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Djokovic. At 29, he becomes the second-oldest new number 1 in the Open Era (behind only John Newcombe, who first became number 1 at age 30 in 1974). Murray also becomes the first number 1 from Great Britain since the advent of the ATP rankings in 1973.

Murray clinched the ranking when Canada’s Milos Raonic withdrew from the Paris semifinals with an injury. Djokovic had left the door open in the previous round by a loss to Marin Cilic.

The Chicago Cubs have clinched the 2016 World Series in dramatic fashion, defeating the Cleveland Indians 8–7 in the 10th inning. Ben Zobrist broke the tie with an RBI double to lift the Cubs to their first World Series since 1908—the longest drought in pro sports.

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